Jessica Pegula and Linda Noskova will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.727
Linda Noskova -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Linda Noskova

There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Linda Noskova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula

8 - 3win/loss

Hard
8-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
6
High
3
LWLWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 53-23 35-12 11-5 3-4 4-2 0-0
2024 39-16 29-9 4-2 0-2 6-3 0-0
2023 59-18 45-12 8-4 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 42-21 28-15 11-4 1-1 2-1 0-0
2021 39-19 29-12 6-4 0-0 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 5, Jessica got to the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Liudmila Samsonova 6-0 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-0 6-4). During the match, Pegula scored 67 points vs Samsonova’s 48. Jessica was very aggressive to blast 15 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pegula scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Pegula put 52% of her first serves in, winning 60% (15/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Samsonova 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Pegula has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (312-160). 8-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pegula has a compiled 212-93 match record in the last years on hard.

Pegula’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Adelaide.

Jessica has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Dubai
Pegula's Record

Linda Noskova

Linda Noskova

8 - 5win/loss

Hard
8-5
I Hard
0-0
Rank
13
High
13
WWLWWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-26 26-17 3-5 3-1 8-3 0-0
2024 28-18 19-8 6-6 0-1 3-3 0-0
2023 34-20 22-10 6-5 5-2 1-3 0-0
2022 40-17 10-5 14-5 16-7 0-0 0-0
2021 38-11 13-7 10-4 15-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 35, Linda got to the 3rd round after defeating Yulia Putintseva 6-2 7-6(5) and Diana Shnaider 7-6(8) 4-6 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Linda defeated Shnaider (7-68 4-6 6-3). During the match Noskova scored 98 points vs Shnaider’s 93. Linda was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Noskova bagged 16 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Linda Noskova lost the serve 5 times. Furthermore, Noskova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 75% (40/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (16/41) on the 2nd serve. Noskova broke Shnaider 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Linda has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Noskova’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.

Linda has an overall 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Dubai
Noskova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Pegula
L.Noskova
1h:20
1h:20
Time on court​
!
3h:34
3h:34
1h:20
1h:20
Last match​
!
2h:07
2h:07
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
16
16
Games Played​
53
53
2
2
Set played​​
5
5
67
67
Total points​
164
164
67
67
Avg point​
82
82
15
15
Winners
70
70
15
15
Avg Winners​
35
35
22%
22%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
23
23
1
1
Avg Aces
!
11.5
11.5
0
0
Double Faults
13
13
0
0
Avg Double Faults
!
6.5
6.5
15/25
15/25
1st won total​
70/92
70/92
60%
60%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
14/23
14/23
2nd won total​
33/70
33/70
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
8/17
8/17
6/11
6/11
Avg BP won
4/8.5
4/8.5
!
55%
55%
Won
47%
47%
2
2
Conceded
12
12
2
2
Avg Conceded
6
6
2
2
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
0
0
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pegula Noskova
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 16 53
Pts 67-48 164-152
Total Points 115 316
Winners 15 70
%Winners 22% 43%

Pegula played 1 match while Noskova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Linda Noskova lost 1 set while Jessica Pegula hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pegula has played 3 set(s) less than Noskova (2 vs 5). Therefore, Pegula played 37 games less than Noskova. Pegula scored 15 winners (22% of the total points). On the other side, Noskova scored 70 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pegula Noskova
Aces 1 23
Avg per match 1 11.5
1st in 25/48 92/162
%1st in 52% 57%
1st pts 15/25 70/92
%1st pts 60% 76%
2nd pts 14/23 33/70
%2nd pts 61% 47%

Pegula recorded 1 ace . Noskova also struck 23 aces (11.5 per match). Pegula won 60% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Noskova won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pegula Noskova
Won 6 8
Converted 6/11 8/17
% Converted 55% 47%
Conceded 2 12
Saved 0 6
% Saved 0% 50%
Times Broken 2 6

Pegula broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Jessica lost her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Noskova conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Pegula
R2
Samsonova
Total
Score 6-0 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 67-48 67-48
Total points 115 115
Winners 15 15
%Winners 22% 22%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 25/48 25/48
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 15/25 15/25
% 1st pts 60% 60%
2nd pts 14/23 14/23
% 2nd pts 61% 61%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2
Noskova
R1
Putintseva
R2
Shnaider
Total
Score 6-2 7-65 7-68 4-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 32 53
pts 66-59 98-93 164-152
Total points 125 191 316
Winners 30 40 70
%Winners 45% 41% 43%
SERVE
Aces 7 16 23
Double Faults 4 9 13
1st in 39/68 53/94 92/162
% 1st in 57% 56% 57%
1st pts 30/39 40/53 70/92
% 1st pts 77% 75% 76%
2nd pts 17/29 16/41 33/70
% 2nd pts 59% 39% 47%
Breaks
Won 3 5 8
Converted 3/6 5/11 8/17
Converted % 50% 45% 47%
Conceded 7 5 12
Saved 6/7 0/5 6
Saved % 86% 0% 86%
Times Broken 1 5 6

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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